South Milwaukee, WI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5575125, place: South Milwaukee city, Wisconsin)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,168 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 267 (5.17%)
Kindergarten: 282 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,402 (46.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,311 (25.37%)
College or graduate school: 906 (17.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,422 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 680 (4.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,446 (10.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,608 (38.89%)
Some college, no degree: 3,423 (23.73%)
Associate degree: 1,003 (6.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,663 (11.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 599 (4.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,004 (100%)
Never married: 4,427 (26.04%)
Now married, except separated: 9,309 (54.75%)
Separated: 210 (1.24%)
Total Widowed: 1,290 (7.59%)
Widowed Female: 1,009 (5.93%)
Total Divorced: 1,768 (10.4%)
Divorced Female: 950 (5.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 302 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 77 (25.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,090 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,291 (14.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,600 (100%)
--With a disability: 250 (5.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,830 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,728 (14.61%)
----Percent employed: 65.4%
--No disability: 10,102 (85.39%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,178 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,099 (34.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,915 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,134 (60.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,592 (38.12%)
--Same county: 6,435 (32.31%)
--Different county: 1,157 (5.81%)
----Same state: 669 (3.36%)
----Different state: 488 (2.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 189 (0.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,195 (100%)
Native: 20,409 (96.29%)
--Born in United States: 20,195 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,687 (83.45%)
----Different state: 2,508 (11.83%)
--Born outside United States: 214 (1.01%)
Foreign born: 786 (3.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 202 (0.95%)
--Naturalized citizen: 428 (2.02%)
--Not a citizen: 358 (1.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 786 (100%)
Europe: 492 (62.6%)
Asia: 116 (14.76%)
Africa: 21 (2.67%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 142 (18.07%)
Northern America: 15 (1.91%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,915 (100%)
English only: 18,106 (90.92%)
Language other than English: 1,809 (9.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 697 (3.5%)
--Spanish: 762 (3.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 275 (1.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 940 (4.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 369 (1.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 85 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,195 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 28,104% (132.6%)
Arab: 36 (0.17%)
Czech: 574 (2.71%)
Danish: 162 (0.76%)
Dutch: 316 (1.49%)
English: 863 (4.07%)
French (except Basque): 998 (4.71%)
French Canadian: 333 (1.57%)
German: 9,177 (43.3%)
Greek: 54 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 261 (1.23%)
Irish: 2,013 (9.5%)
Italian: 1,259 (5.94%)
Lithuanian: 53 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 1,106 (5.22%)
Polish: 5,826 (27.49%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.03%)
Russian: 154 (0.73%)
Scotch-Irish: 98 (0.46%)
Scottish: 126 (0.59%)
Slovak: 198 (0.93%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 491 (2.32%)
Swiss: 131 (0.62%)
Ukrainian: 54 (0.25%)
United States or American: 737 (3.48%)
Welsh: 70 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 2,990 (14.11%)

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